asparagus bed | a bed in which asparagus is growing |
asparagus | edible young shoots of the asparagus plant |
fern | any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward, reproduce by spores |
fern ally | pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida |
fern seed | the asexual spore of ferns that resembles dust, once thought to be seeds and to make the possessor invisible |
false sago fern palm Cycas circinalis | southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage |
seed fern pteridosperm | an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae) |
sweet fern Comptonia peregrina Comptonia asplenifolia | deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers |
tansy golden buttons scented fern Tanacetum vulgare | common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally |
genus Asparagus | large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers, sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae |
asparagus edible asparagus Asparagus officinales | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable |
asparagus fern Asparagus setaceous Asparagus plumosus | a fernlike plant native to South Africa |
smilax Asparagus asparagoides | fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration |
bath asparagus Prussian asparagus Ornithogalum pyrenaicum | Old World star of Bethlehem having edible young shoots |
winged pea asparagus pea Lotus tetragonolobus | sprawling European annual having a -winged edible pod |
asparagus bean yard-long bean Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis Vigna sesquipedalis | South American bean having very long succulent pods |
miniature fan palm bamboo palm fern rhapis Rhapis excelsa | small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers |
hemlock poison hemlock poison parsley California fern Nebraska fern winter fern Conium maculatum | large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers, usually found in damp habitats, all parts extremely poisonous |
filmy fern film fern | any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves |
bristle fern filmy fern | any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds, most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks |
hare's-foot bristle fern Trichomanes boschianum | a variety of bristle fern |
Killarney fern Trichomanes speciosum | large stout fern of extreme western Europe |
kidney fern Trichomanes reniforme | large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds |
flowering fern osmund | any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes, naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters |
royal fern royal osmund king fern ditch fern French bracken Osmunda regalis | large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds |
interrupted fern Osmunda clatonia | North American fern having tall erect pinnate fronds and a few sporogenous pinnae at or near the center of the fertile fronds |
cinnamon fern fiddlehead fiddlehead fern Osmunda cinnamonea | New World fern having woolly cinnamonolored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds, the early uncurling fronds are edible |
crape fern Prince-of-Wales fern Prince-of-Wales feather Prince-of-Wales plume Leptopteris superba Todea superba | New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks, sometimes included in genus Todea |
crepe fern king fern Todea barbara | fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa |
curly grass curly grass fern Schizaea pusilla | rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts |
pine fern Anemia adiantifolia | fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs |
climbing fern | any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining |
creeping fern Hartford fern Lygodium palmatum | delicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile fronds |
climbing maidenhair climbing maidenhair fern snake fern Lygodium microphyllum | tropical fern widespread in Old World, naturalized in Jamaica and Florida |
scented fern Mohria caffrorum | sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds |
aquatic fern water fern | ferns that grow in water |
clover fern pepperwort | any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets |
mosquito fern floating fern Carolina pond fern Azolla caroliniana | small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America, naturalized in western and southern Europe |
adder's tongue adder's tongue fern | ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue |
ribbon fern Ophioglossum pendulum | epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America |
grape fern | a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases |
daisyleaf grape fern daisy-leaved grape fern Botrychium matricariifolium | of North America and Eurasia |
leathery grape fern Botrychium multifidum | European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds |
rattlesnake fern Botrychium virginianum | American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle |
flowering fern Helminthostachys zeylanica | Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds |
fern family | families of ferns and fern allies |
fern genus | genera of ferns and fern allies |
giant scrambling fern Diplopterygium longissimum | large scrambling fern forming large patches to feet high, Pacific region and China |
umbrella fern fan fern Sticherus flabellatus Gleichenia flabellata | large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds, sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia |
floating fern water sprite Ceratopteris pteridioides | aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums |